Some Americans are good. Other Americans are bad. And the good ones are often lazy, willing to let the bad ones get their way.
If Hannah Arendt could talk about “the banality of evil,” perhaps Rall is right about “the laziness of good.”
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June 18, 2008
Rall – Gitmo torture NOT an ‘aberration’
In talking about “oops nation,” Rall takes us on a quick tour of U.S. history. Our “oopses” go back to Salem’s witch trials, through the Alien and Sedition Acts, to Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus (overall, a halfway justified real war measure), and beyond.
If Hannah Arendt could talk about “the banality of evil,” perhaps Rall is right about “the laziness of good.”
If Hannah Arendt could talk about “the banality of evil,” perhaps Rall is right about “the laziness of good.”
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